So when he -saww saw what had appeared on her (marks of the beating)...

So when he -saww saw what had appeared on her (marks of the beating), said three times: ‘What is the matter with him hitting you? May Allah -azwj Kill him’. And that was during the day of Sunday, and Usman spent the night covered with his slave girl.

فَمَكَثَ الْإِثْنَيْنَ وَ الثَّلَاثَاءَ وَ مَاتَتْ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِهَا أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَاطِمَةَ ( عليها السلام ) فَخَرَجَتْ ( عليها السلام ) وَ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَعَهَا وَ خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ يُشَيِّعُ جَنَازَتَهَا فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ مَنْ أَطَافَ الْبَارِحَةَ بِأَهْلِهِ أَوْ بِفَتَاتِهِ فَلَا يَتْبَعَنَّ جَنَازَتَهَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثاً فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ So he remained (like that) for Monday and Tuesday, and she died on the fourth day.

So when he came to take her out, Rasool-Allah -saww instructed Syeda Fatima -asws . So she -asws went out, and the womenfolk of the Believers were with her -asws , and Usman went out escorting her funeral. So when the Prophet -saww saw him, he -saww said: ‘The one who went to his wife last night or with his slave girl, so he should not follow her funeral’. He -saww said that three (times). But he did not leave.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ قَالَ لَيَنْصَرِفَنَّ أَوْ لَأُسَمِّيَنَّ بِاسْمِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ عُثْمَانُ مُتَوَكِّئاً عَلَى مَوْلًى لَهُ مُمْسِكاً بِبَطْنِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَشْتَكِي بَطْنِي فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لِي أَنْصَرِفُ قَالَ انْصَرِفْ وَ خَرَجَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ( عليها السلام ) وَ نِسَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَصَلَّيْنَ عَلَى الْجِنَازَةِ .

So when it was the fourth time, he -saww said: ‘Will you leave or shall I -saww mention his name?’ So Usman came over leaning upon a slave of his, holding his belly, and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! I complain of my bellyache. So if you -saww see fit, permit me to leave’. He -saww said: ‘Leave!’ And Syeda Fatima -asws and the womenfolk of the Believers, and the Emigrants came out, so they prayed Salaat upon the deceased’.

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